Name: Caldimonas manganoxidans Takeda et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: man.gan.o’xi.dans. L. neut. n. manganum, manganese; N.L. v. oxido, to oxidize; from Gr. masc. adj. oxys, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; N.L. fem. part. adj. manganoxidans, manganese-oxidizing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-369; HS; IFO 16448; JCM 10698; NBRC 16448

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB008801 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takeda M, Kamagata Y, Ghiorse WC, Hanada S, Koizumi J. Caldimonas manganoxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-degrading, manganese-oxidizing thermophile. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:895-900.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Liu et al. 2022 Liu Y, Du J, Pei T, Du H, Feng GD, Zhu H. Genome-based taxonomic classification of the closest-to-Comamonadaceae group supports a new family Sphaerotilaceae fam. nov. and taxonomic revisions. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126352. Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 37. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5696.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Caldimonas Takeda et al. 2002. Publication: Takeda M, Kamagata Y, Ghiorse WC, Hanada S, Koizumi J. Caldimonas manganoxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-degrading, manganese-oxidizing thermophile. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:895-900.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Caldimonas Takeda et al. 2002

Assigned by: Takeda M, Kamagata Y, Ghiorse WC, Hanada S, Koizumi J. Caldimonas manganoxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-degrading, manganese-oxidizing thermophile. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:895-900.

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